Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to take account of the absence of a structure of elected Mayors in Wales in the process of replacing police and crime commissioners.

We recognise that there are no plans to create elected mayors in Wales and that the devolved nature of local government creates unique circumstances. Whilst we wish to harmonise arrangements across England and Wales as far as possible, we will work with stakeholders in Wales, including the Welsh Government, to ensure the governance model replacing police and crime commissioners provides strong and effective police governance for Wales.

We are establishing transition working groups to consider the design and implementation of the future governance arrangements. One of these will specifically focus on design and implementation in Wales.